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Paul
C. Blanco
Secretary, Board of Water Commissioners
Paul C. Blanco was appointed to
the Board of Water Commissioners by Long Beach Mayor
Bob Foster in July 2007.
Mr. Blanco retired from his position as a medical
case worker with Los Angeles County, Department of
Mental Heath in August 2007. He is the founder and
former president and chief executive officer of the
Federation of Filipino American Associations, and
served as the organization’s president and chief
executive officer.
Mr. Blanco’s life has been spent helping others to
better themselves. He has held senior leadership
positions in several Christian and
Filipino
grassroots organizations both in the United States
and abroad.
He has served as Commissioner of the Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., California Holiday Commission; and
as a member of the Long Beach Citizen Police
Complaint Commission. He has also been a member of
the Veterans Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation
for the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs.
In 1992, Mr. Blanco was an official member of
President George H.W. Bush’s Presidential Delegation
attending the 50th Anniversary of the
Fall of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines.
Mr. Blanco holds a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy
from the Philippine Christian University, and has an
M.A. in Organizational Management from the
University of Phoenix. He also holds a
Professorship of Academic Leadership from the
University of Phoenix.
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